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TIL: The first successfully cloned cat was named CopyCat. They saw an opportunity and they took it.

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78Rj7 TIL Californians are limited to 1.8 gallons of water per a minute per their shower heads. In my country I have a flow rate of 5 gallons a minute in a waterfall type shower head. How do Californians even stay clean with 1.8 when the federal rate is 2.5 gallons, way higher.
awXBJ TIL that in May of 2020, Gui Khury, a 11 year old Brazilian skateboarding prodigy successfully completed the first 1080 on a vert ramp. For reference, Tony Hawk was 31 when he landed the 900 in 1999.
nWJo TIL-That some police dogs are equipped with ballistic vests and even given a full police funeral when killed in the line of duty
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